Chick with crusty head, hole on oneside

[The Prairie]

This chick hatched Friday, head feathers completely flattened, not fluffed, eyes completely covered and a hole on right side by ear area, a bit of oozing. Decided to let it be, see what happened. Today it looks like this, appears to be eating and drinking but it's head feathers are flattened still, head looks a bit weird and has the hole on the right side.

 

[Isaac 0]

That "hole" is its ear, likely not visible on the other side due to the feathers.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Get a qtip and wet it with warm water, then gently rub around the eyes and on top of the head. This will get off hatching gunk and the chick will fluff out.

 

[The Prairie]

So a little update, definitely not goo from hatching but I did clean it that day. Basically this chick has leathery unfeathered skin no both sides of it's ears which were oozing at hatch, and a crumpled leathery are on top. I applied neosporin for a couple days and other than the oozing stopping there was no change. However it's eating, drinking and pooping and has grown in some Frizzle feathers. I've named it Noggin and we'll see how it goes.